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The Daily Dispatch: May 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], The battles on the Peninsula. (search)
t appear in any force from under their cover of woods until one rear guard had either open ground and re and were marching through Williamsburg at which time a courier brought word to Gen. McLaws that they were deploying in force to the right an left of Fort McGruder (which our forces had just left ) and that they had planted a battery of rifled guns immediately to the front of the redoubt, and only distant 700 yards--The rear guard was immediately ordered "about, face — double quick, march" Sanly's battery was ordered to advance and seize Fort McGruder before the Yankees secured it. Then commenced a race — artillery, cavalry, infantry, had to run the "gunnel" of the rifle battery fire for one and a half miles to seize a work from whom the Yankees were only distant a quarter of a mile; but our forces did it nobly Captain Manly brought his battery into action in splendid style, halted and fired five rounds to delay the enemy's advance and give our infantry time to come up, and then lim